Of the total debris cleared, 57,240 pounds were removed from the Maro Reef, 16,820 pounds were removed from the Laysan Island, and 12,040 pounds from the Lisianski Island.

After 12 intensive days at Kamokuokamohoaliʻi, or Maro Reef, the team surveyed 1,100 acres of coral reef and successfully removed 86,000 pounds of ghost nets from that area.

The 43 tons of ghost nets were recovered from KamokuokamohoaliÊ (translates to “island of the shark god”) or Maro Reef.

This open-ocean coral reef is known as Kamokuokamohoaliʻi, which translates to “island of the shark god,” and harbors 37 coral species. It’s located over 800 miles from Honolulu.

Scientists and divers returned last week from Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument with a large haul of marine debris weighing nearly 124,000 pounds, or 62 tons.

“This place smells like shark soup!” she recalls telling a handful of fellow marine scientists as their Boston Whaler pulled up to Maro Reef in the northwestern Hawaiian Islands.

Hawaiian name: Nalukakala (“surf that arrives in combers”). Named in 1820, after the whaling ship Maro. Has an unusual shape -- rather than the classic ring shape, lines of reef radiate out ...

On one of their final days, the team discovers one of its favorite dive locations of the expedition at Maro Reef. During one hour-long dive, they are constantly surrounded by a dozen 40-poundjacks ...

Summary "Nihoa, Necker, French Frigate Shoals, Gardner Pinnacles, Maro Reef, Laysan, Lisianski, Pearl and Hermes Atoll, Midway, Kure - the remote, uninhabited Northwestern Hawaiian Islands form a ...

"Nihoa, Necker, French Frigate Shoals, Gardner Pinnacles, Maro Reef, Laysan, Lisianski, Pearl and Hermes Atoll, Midway, Kure - the remote, uninhabited Northwestern Hawaiian Islands form a 1,100-mile ...